Green Day Mutates to Greenwash Day

The new, now trustworthy, UK government planned 30th March 2023 as its 'Green Day'. This Green Day was intended to provide an opportunity for government flesh-out its net zero plans. Green experts and campaigners have been 'astounded' to suddenly be told, the event has been rebranded as 'Energy Security Day' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/24/uk-government-launch-revamped-net-zero-strategy-oil-gas-capital-aberdeen). 'Energy Security Day' will be held in Aberdeen, the centre of the UK's oil and gas industries. It appears to be full-on 'greenwash'. Oil and gas companies will be able to release as much methane as they like, into the atmosphere. They will not have to stop flaring gas by 2025. The regulator, Ofgen, will have no new powers, to include net zero targets in its regulation of the energy sector. There will be no nationwide target to improve UK home insulation. Housebuilders will not have to fit rooftop solar panels on new-build homes. A massive new oilfield (Rosebank) will be licenced, to delight the petrochemical giants. Both carbon capture/storage and hydrogen power will be supported. Unfortunately, neither carbon capture/storage nor using hydrogen power, have yet been proved to be effective at scale. They should call the day what it really is :'Dropping Net Zero and Pandering to Big Oil and Builders Day'